I would make a great assassin!

A few days back, Yogini directed me to take a Myers Briggs personality test on OkCupid. If you’re not familiar with the test, what it does is categorize you into one of four temperaments (Guardian, Idealist, Artisan, Rational) and then one of sixteen personality types (enfp | enfj | entp | entj | estj | esfj | estp | esfp | infp | infj | intp | intj | istj | isfj | istp | isfp). Your personality type, summed up one of the sixteen combinations listed, is a combination of personality quirks like Introverted vs. Extroverted, Sensing vs. iNtuitive, Feeling vs. Thinking, and Perceptive vs. Judging. If my half-assed explanation was not enough and you’re offended by half-assed effort, feel free to peruse the Keirsey Temperament Sorter to get a better breakdown of the temperaments and personality types.

I took the test a total of three times from three different occasions on three different websites, out of speculation for their accuracies. Remember, I’m a scientist and thus especially appreciate experiments when data are reproducible.

I don’t remember where I took the first test or what I even scored, but here’s a sum of my most recent personality quirks:

Keirsey.com would say that as an ENTP, I am a Rational Inventor. Personally, I think that me being pegged as an ENTP is quite accurate. I’m known to be unconventional in many respects and also very supportive of marijuana legalization. The best part about being an ENTP though, is that I would probably make a good dictator, or perhaps an international spy or assassin. If that doesn’t work out, I suppose I can become an ambassador if I’ve not yet been placed under international sanctions by then.

I think I’d much rather be an ENTP than an INTP, the personality type I tested under the second time around. Here’s a summary of the INTP personality, in a nutshell:

As an INTP, I’ve been dubbed a Rational Architect, rather than the ENTP Rational Inventor. Inconsistency is the scientist’s nemesis! I almost wanted to throw my computer against the wall, but my unemotional ENTP/INTP logical nature reminded me that I just finished paying off my MacBook. So ixnay on the throwing of the computer.

I must examine these quirks more closely for thorough comparison. One consistency between ENTPs and INTPs is that both support marijuana legalization. Can’t argue with that. Both personality types still tell me that I am unconventional in thought and actions, though as an INTP I have reclusive loner tendencies and as an ENTP I can be quite entertaining. Quite a conundrum, I am!

Drawbacks of being an INTP—I do resent that I’m regarded as one who does not like happy people. That’s not true—I love happy people. It’s just that extremely happy people tend to be as happy as they are because they are ignorant and haven’t yet developed a ripe sense of cynicism. Again, let me reiterate. I absolutely adore happy people!

As a whole, I’m not sure what to make of these inconsistencies. Am I introverted or extroverted? Attention-seeking or evasive? Well, either way I would still make an excellent assassin. Or maybe I’ll consider becoming a mortician? Can I choose to be one personality type over the other? I think the advent of these test results calls for a career change!

Currently polishing my sniper rifle,

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